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Process for making controlled release medical implant products

US9427399B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2015
Grant dateAug 30, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/753
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method (and the resulting product) of making a medical implant device for releasing self-contained drugs on a controlled basis wherein the method utilizes, at least in part, computer-controlled 3-D printing equipment to deposit via nozzles portions of one or more layers of the medical implant product. The implant has an outer impervious coating, an inner matrix core, an opening and an optional bonding layer.

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